Barcelona captain offers to end dispute between club and singing section | OneFootball

Barcelona have been in an ongoing battle with their loudest fans for several months at this point, but there is no end in sight to their dispute. That is despite some of their stars offering to resolve the issue.

The Blaugrana have demanded that the singing section, transferred from Camp Nou to Montjuic, pay the €21k in fines that they have been handed as a result of insults and chants last season. Something that the singing section has rejected to do, claiming that the individuals should instead be punished, and not the fans as a collective.

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As a result Barcelona decided to ban the fans in the singing section from attending games until they do so, and have announced that they are planning reforms to the singing section. Insitutional Vice-President Elena Fort has said that they want ‘a different kind’ of singing section, with more access and younger fans.

They have not given any details on how that will be decided, but they have not budged on restoring the singing section at Montjuic. According to Cadena SER, several Barcelona players have offered to mediate between the club and the fans, and Vice-Captain Raphinha has even personally offered to pay the €21k fine in order to resolve the matter. This is an offer the club have rejected, despite chants every game for the singing section to come back. They say the issue goes beyond just the money itself.

While the club say they want a different form of singing section, many believe the issue stems back to last season, when chants of ‘Barca yes, Laporta no’ were heard at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys. From that point on, the club have appeared to take a much harder line on the singing section. Ultimately, it seems Barcelona and the players will lose out on valuable support in a season where the team is threatening success in all three major competitions.